Tensions continue to heighten in southern Cameroon’s English speaking regions following the recent deportation of 47 asylum seekers including leaders of the pro-independence movement by Nigeria. Accor...

The Government’s decision to intensify its military campaign against members of the pro-independent movement in Southern Cameroon is creating more population movement towards Nigeria in search of inte...

The displacement tracking tool that the International Organization for Migrations (IOM) has developed is called the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). This tool provides information on displacements ...

The displacement tracking tool that the International Organization for Migrations (IOM) has developed is called the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). This tool provides information on displacements ...

Tensions continue to heighten in southern Cameroon’s English speaking regions following the recent deportation of 47 asylum seekers including leaders of the pro-independence movement by Nigeria. Accor...

The Government’s decision to intensify its military campaign against members of the pro-independent movement in Southern Cameroon is creating more population movement towards Nigeria in search of inte...

As the crisis in Cameroon’s South-West and North-West Anglophone regions continues, and the government in Yaoundé intensifies its actions against the pro-independent movement, the number of people cro...

This was the substance of a joint debriefing held in Abuja by the Government of Nigeria and UNHCR on 31 May, 2017, attended by the diplomatic/donor community, humanitarian actors and a cross section o...

Northern Nigeria’s conflict with Boko Haram spilled over to the Lake Chad Basin region, where Nigerian refugees are hosted since 2014, causing large scale forced displacement and an unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

UNHCR Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS concludes fact-finding mission to two refugee receiving states - Benue and Cross River states

UNHCR, 11 Jan 2018

ABUJA, Nigeria - The UNHCR Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Antonio Jose Canhandula, conducted a fact-finding mission to Benue state, North Central and Cross River state, South-South Nigeria from 8 to 10th January, 2018 where he interacted with Cameroonian refugees in the Abande, Kwande Local G...
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Children tune in for radio lessons in Boko Haram-hit Lake Chad region

Reuters, 18 Jul 2017

By Kieran Guilbert
DAKAR, July 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Denied an education by the Islamist insurgency of militant group Boko Haram, tens of thousands of children across the Lake Chad region are instead tuning into lessons broadcast over the radio, the United Nations children's agency (U...
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The forgotten crisis: Supporting families in the Lake Chad Basin

ShelterBox, 14 Jul 2017

LAKE CHAD BASIN
Violent conflict, caused by the militant extremist group Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria, has been raging since 2009. The violence has since spread to the neighbouring border regions of Cameroon, Niger and Chad, directly affecting around 17 million people.
In addition, this area...
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Shining a light on the ‘neglected’ humanitarian crisis in Lake Chad

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 14 Jul 2017

ICRC joins UK MPs in call for urgent action
With over 11 million people now affected by the ongoing crisis in four countries of the Lake Chad basin (Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon), the ICRC addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) in the Houses of Parliament this week.
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UN envoy calls on Security Council to further support fight against terrorism in West Africa, Sahel

UN News Centre, 13 Jul 2017

13 July 2017 – Amid rising terrorism and violent extremism in West Africa and the United Nations envoy for the region called on the Security Council to further support national and Regional efforts to combat this "serious threat", including strengthening the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel.
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